( it feels weird to have someone worry about keeping him safe. isn't that supposed to be his job?? )
I'm not gonna... I'm not gonna fight you, Susie, if you wanna go we can go.
But you don't have to go because I'm going, all right? I don't wanna drag you into this unless you wanna be there.
( he's a survivor, it's expected for him to push back a little. the Entity seems to enjoy when they struggle a little. less so, objectively, for someone like Susie. )
[ He can worry about keeping the survivors safe and she'll worry about keeping him safe. She doesn't need looking out for as much as everyone else in his life does, after all. ]
And I want to go if you are. I don't know why you think these two things are mutually exclusive. They aren't. Anywhere you go, I want to go with you. Especially if it's dangerous! I'm not going to let you go without me.
(anywhere you go, I wanna go with you. wow. just fuck him up then, Susan!! )
Okay, Susie, okay. I won't go without you. I promise.
I know it's dumb, it's probably straight up fucking pointless. I just can't stop thinking... what if it isn't? What if there's something? We've been here goddamn years, maybe, who the hell knows! and that's how it gets us. Too scared and tired and used to how things are to try and maybe if we did we could have found something. Anything. I don't know.
( his toxic desperate optimism might get them killed, nbd!! maybe it is a trap, get them nice and hopeful and slap them back down again. sure. it's probably a trap.
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Date: 2022-10-27 04:06 am (UTC)I'm not gonna... I'm not gonna fight you, Susie, if you wanna go we can go.
But you don't have to go because I'm going, all right? I don't wanna drag you into this unless you wanna be there.
( he's a survivor, it's expected for him to push back a little. the Entity seems to enjoy when they struggle a little. less so, objectively, for someone like Susie. )
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Date: 2022-10-27 06:10 am (UTC)And I want to go if you are. I don't know why you think these two things are mutually exclusive. They aren't. Anywhere you go, I want to go with you. Especially if it's dangerous! I'm not going to let you go without me.
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Date: 2022-10-29 04:57 am (UTC)Okay, Susie, okay. I won't go without you. I promise.
I know it's dumb, it's probably straight up fucking pointless. I just can't stop thinking... what if it isn't? What if there's something? We've been here goddamn years, maybe, who the hell knows! and that's how it gets us. Too scared and tired and used to how things are to try and maybe if we did we could have found something. Anything. I don't know.
( his toxic desperate optimism might get them killed, nbd!! maybe it is a trap, get them nice and hopeful and slap them back down again. sure. it's probably a trap.
but what if it's not? )